Here we dig into Tennis at Elon University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Elon is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Coastal Athletic Association.
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The Elon men’s tennis team carries 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 28. Academic data covers 26 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Elon women’s tennis team fields 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. Academic data covers 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Elon fields 16 tennis athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports Elon reports, tennis sits at #10 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Maciek Sykut.
The women’s tennis program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Elizabeth Anderson.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 12 sports, tennis sits #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Elon men’s tennis program brought in $531,533 in revenue against $531,533 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $5,443 in operating expense per athlete, or $43,542 per team.
The Elon women’s tennis program reported $766,940 in revenue against $766,940 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $8,111 in operating expense per athlete, or $64,885 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $531,533 to the women’s $766,940 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, tennis ranks #10 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 94% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 978 and the women 992, with graduation success rates of 88% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 994, tennis sits below average at 985.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.